Chapter 105 Fifty Hairs

At the same time, the Ringer Fitzroy Telescope Control Center

This giant space telescope is a product of the period of great development of the solar system. It is in the solar orbit outside the asteroid belt and is responsible for monitoring the Trisolaran fleet.

In space five kilometers away from the monitoring station, there is one of the weirdest things in the solar system floating in the sky, which is a set of six giant lenses.

The top one has a diameter of 1,200 meters. The following five are smaller in size. This is the latest generation of space telescopes.

Unlike the Hubble Telescope of the past, this space telescope has no lens tube, and there is not even any connection between the six giant mirrors. They float independently.

Multiple ion thrusters are installed on the edge of each lens. They can use these thrusters to accurately change the relative distance to each other and also change the direction of the entire lens group.

This also allowed him to keenly observe the Trisolaran Fleet, or in other words, the track of the Trisolaran Fleet, known as the brush, was discovered again.

General, take a closer look, can you find anything? The astronomer in charge of this telescope pointed at the magnified image on the screen and said to the North American Fleet General.

"It still seems to be about a thousand." The North American Fleet General said.

"No, please take a closer look." the astronomer said.

"Yes, but those are not fifty battleships, because through analysis of the shapes of these ten tracks, these things are much smaller than the later battleships.

"Now the exploration of the outer planets of the solar system is almost complete, and the Wannian Yandi is preparing to return to Earth. The development of the outer planets of the solar system will be the focus in the future."

"Yes, those fifty tracks are very weak and you can only see them through image enhancement."

"Well... God currently has many meanings on many levels, but even if God exists, what does it have to do with these things now?" the astronomer said.

"So everyone, believe, you can start to believe." He said while making a cross on his chest.

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The North American Fleet general turned around and looked at the astronomer and said in surprise: "Doctor, does this mean that fifty warships are speeding towards us?"

"It seems that the Trisolarans not only issued an order to kill ETO, but now they even launched a detector for her. Maybe her plan really has some deep meaning." The astronomer also sighed.

"So small, fifty detectors?" the North American Fleet general asked doubtfully.

The North American Fleet Admiral looked at it carefully for a while, pointed to a point in the center of the brush and said: "It seems that there are fifty bristles growing faster than the others, and they stick out."

"Unfortunately, our current population, especially the highly educated population, is still too small. The construction speed of the second and third phases will definitely slow down."

"It's still unclear. It depends on the acceleration in the future, but it will definitely arrive earlier than the fleet. The most conservative estimate will be a century earlier."

"Don't think about it." The astronomer waved his hand and said, "This is not something we can think of."

"The acceleration of the Trisolaran fleet has obviously reached its limit. For some reason we don't know, they want to reach the solar system as soon as possible, so they launched a probe that can accelerate faster."

"This just lays the foundation for the future development of space and the first phase of the economic circle project around the solar system. It also allows us to achieve outstanding achievements in the development of Mercury and Venus."

"When will it arrive in the solar system?" the North American Fleet general asked nervously.

The general raised his hand to silence him, as if stating everything would diminish the power of the fact.

"No." The North American Fleet general suddenly said: "Maybe we can really figure it out. Can you confirm the exact date when the fleet will launch the detector?"

"On that day four years ago, I attended the Planetary Defense Council hearing on Project Wallface, where it was announced that the first Earth message had been sent to Trisolaris."

"It's only about one hundred thousandth of the size of each of them, which is about the size of a truck. However, due to its high speed, the track it produces can still be observed."

Everyone looked at each other in shock after hearing this, and then someone said: "I remember that this plan was proposed by Chairman Sai."

"If all other possibilities are eliminated and the remaining one, no matter how bizarre, is true, can you think of any other explanation?"

"By the way, everyone, do you believe in God?" the North American Fleet General suddenly asked.

"Doctor, you are not politicians after all. Just like I can't see the fifty brush hairs growing out, you haven't seen a crucial fact."

Fifty detectors is a shocking discovery: humans will have early contact with entities from the Trisolaran world, even though it is only fifty small detectors.

"If God really exists, then he needs to have a spokesperson in the world." The North American Fleet General explained.

Everyone was stunned for a long time before they understood the meaning of this sentence, and then the astronomer said: "It is logical to choose a spokesperson in the Philippines, but this..."

The other party invited her here because space development once again encountered serious problems in building an economic circle around the solar system.

The astronomer mused: "If God refers to some kind of just power that transcends everything in the universe..."

"In the eyes of the Trisolarans, is Chairman Sai so important?" an engineer asked in surprise.

"Of course." The astronomer then told a date to the North American Fleet Admiral, who then sat down and smoked a cigarette, and began to explain after a moment.

"With the progress of the Roki project, the degree of unmanned operation has been greatly improved. On the one hand, we have sufficient labor force, and on the other hand, the demand for labor in the economic circle around the solar system has also been reduced a lot."

While some technical staff were speculating that Say was the spokesperson of God, Say himself was having a meeting at the PDC Space Assets Directorate.

"Since there are sophons, why is it necessary to launch a detector?" asked an engineer. Anyway, sophons can provide all the information.

"Does this date have any significance?" the astronomer asked puzzledly.

"It is simply estimated that the earth's civilization may require a population of 60 billion to 70 billion to completely meet the transformation needs of these planets and build a complete solar system economic circle."

However, the current total population only reaches about 13 billion, and with the improvement of living standards and education levels in developing countries, the population growth rate is gradually decreasing.

"In particular, countries that were originally responsible for providing a huge space labor force, such as India and Nigeria, have begun to gradually slow down their population growth, and it is impossible to maintain the current growth rate in the future."

"So after all, the number of humans is still too small to support the development of the entire solar system, right?" Sai asked.
Chapter completed!